Pdf Reader For Gizmondo Options

[chris120683]

no one yet wants to port a pdf reader program to the gizmondo?


is it only me? lol




and does anyone know if u can use a cell phone working sim card...inside a gizmondo and beable to send messages or etc

[wischi]

H,mm I also wan´t one

wischi

[Afghanboi]

and does anyone know if u can use a cell phone working sim card...inside a gizmondo and beable to send messages or etc

seacrh bar smart one(might as well get rid of it.) im really getting sick of people asking that. the answer is yes but there might be a few that dont work

EDIT: sorry 4 that, but it really is getting old.

[abdirauf]

There is a text reader but I'm not sure if there is a pdf reader. Search the forums to find the txt reader program.

[chris120683]

seacrh bar smart one(might as well get rid of it.) im really getting sick of people asking that. the answer is yes but there might be a few that dont work

EDIT: sorry 4 that, but it really is getting old.

sorry for asking that... i saw it somewhere on here but it was lil confusing... so i asked which cards worked....

and i swear it hought i was going krazi cuz the MY GIZ category was gone n thats where i posted it..so i rewrote it here since i couldnt find my question lol

n i hope someone has enough skills to tackle the pdf reader cuz i found them the open source version n posted it...plus the txt reader that is for the giz..is really not useful lol... its very hard to find txt ebooks... theres alot of pdf ebooks though....

i think we need to have a vote on the pdf reader to get someone to do it... n donate some money to the guy whos willing and who will make one

[tfgbd]

There are already several decent PDF readers that will work on a custom Windows CE 4.2 device like yours.

If free is your game, get the CE .net Viewers from cmonex's page here:

http://izemize.fw.hu/hpc.php
A direct link is here: http://www.freeweb.hu/izemize/cenet_viewersfull.zip

These are the Microsoft File Viewers for Windows CE .net that come with the Windows CE 4.2 Platform Builder. (This is the tool Tiger Telematics themselves used to make the OS on the Gizmondo.) They are not really made by Microsoft. They are actually made by Westtek and are virtually identical to the commercial versions for Pocket PC found here on Westtek's site: http://westtek.com/pocketpc/

Microsoft licensed them for distribution with their OEM Windows CE products to allow for native document viewing support in custom WinCE platforms.

This package not only includes the PDF viewer but also the Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Image Viewer as well.


Another nice PDF viewer that is currently in beta is Foxit Reader. The beta seems free, but I think this may become a commercial product eventually... so get it while you can.
This should work fine on a custom WinCE 4.2 device like the Gizmondo.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/rd_ppc.php
Download the Pocket PC 2003 version

The third viewer is free and open source. PocketXpdf is a port of the popular Xpdf PDF reader for Unix to Pocket PC. It also works on custom Windows CE 4.2 devices without modification.
Get it here: http://pocketxpdf.sourceforge.net/
0.3.1 may work best, but try them all.


Adobe's Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC version 1.0 or 2.0 is likely the best available PDF reader for Windows CE devices since it is Adobe's official port of Acrobat to WinCE devices. This reader can read virtually any PDF file and pretty much never has the problems the third party viewers may have with certain PDF documets. Despite being very good, it has a few cons as well. For one, it is quite big. The entire installed program is about 7-8 mb, though you can delete some fonts to save space. Most of the other PDF readers listed are only about 1mb. Acrobat Reader is also a bit hard to get running on some CE 4.2 devices that do not have a very complete coredll.dll in ROM. The .exe will need to be hexedited to run on some of the more limited implementations of Windows CE 4.2. Though, I hope that is a non issue on the Gizmondo. There is a version that is already hexedited for Windows CE 4.2 on cmonex's page here:

http://izemize.fw.hu/hpc.php
Direct link: http://infinite.atw.hu/acro20_nec.zip

It also includes the Pocket PC versions of the MFC runtimes and everything else you will need to get it running. Hopefully this is enough for the Gizmondo. Just copy it to your card and find out. If the included doclist.dll does not work, you may also need to place one of the doclist dlls from this package: http://www.freeweb.hu/izemize/doclists.zip into the same directory as the .exe

The official distribution site for Adobe Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC is here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html


I hope I listed enough PDF readers here to keep you guys busy for awhile. I wish you guys luck and I hope they all work for you!

[cmonex]

well, very nice summary, TFGBD.

i will just mention a few other things.

it is easy to fix the poor implementation of coredll.dll. just download the coredlls from my site (yup you guessed right, http://izemize.fw.hu/hpc.php) and the executabilitycheck file as well.
copy executabilitycheck.exe into RAM on your device (into ram!! this is important). preferably in root \.
then run execheck and select the desired exe or dll you want to run on your gizmo. go to "rewrite dll name" button, press it and rewrite the "coredll.dll" in the popup window to "coredl2.dll".
then just place one of the coredlls from my site on your gizmo (into the program's folder), renamed to coredl2.dll. i recommend the one that is 541696 bytes.

this will help with acrobat reader as well, a much easier hack than to directly hexedit the acrobat exe for an obscure export.

of course do this only if the program doesn't want to run and if execheck does report a problem with the original coredll.dll (you will sure see if it complains or not)

one last warning!! don't use right clicking & "save target as" on the direct links from my site. use left click and let the ads load then just download the things

[Reve2uk]

so what do i need to dl to view pdf files...????? lots of links

..i got a long ebook i need to read, and being on giz will help

[hagisbasheruk]

Thanks for all the links tfgbd and cmonex ill have a play with them at the weekend and let you know how i get on..........probably call for help LOL

[hagisbasheruk]

ok couldnt resist testing a few and foxit for wince 4.2 works
Just needs to be repacked with FakeCursor and an autorun (Anyone care to do it i am off to bed)

[zektor]

ok couldnt resist testing a few and foxit for wince 4.2 works
Just needs to be repacked with FakeCursor and an autorun (Anyone care to do it i am off to bed)

That's great to hear! I use Foxit on the PC as well...very good reader.

[hagisbasheruk]

with FakeCursor ok really of to bed,someone test this with pdf file i am knackered

[zektor]

Tried it...it loads, but will not load a PDF....sadly it crashes after the file open dialog. It actually says something about being an evaluation version, so this may be the reason. Is there an older build anywhere?

[hagisbasheruk]

Tried it...it loads, but will not load a PDF....sadly it crashes after the file open dialog. It actually says something about being an evaluation version, so this may be the reason. Is there an older build anywhere?

Yes so i see,ill contact the Foxit vendor with the error code as this is beta.

[critical]

Tried it...it loads, but will not load a PDF....sadly it crashes after the file open dialog. It actually says something about being an evaluation version, so this may be the reason. Is there an older build anywhere?

You say "after" the file open dialog... does that mean that it shows the file open dialog, and then crashes after selecting a file? If not, it's probably the usual thing (borked ofd on Gizmondo). Not an insurmountable problem of course, if anyone has some free time.

[zektor]

When you hit file/open file, you are first greeted with a licensing screen, and then the error above.

[squidge]

When you hit file/open file, you are first greeted with a licensing screen, and then the error above.

Sounds like the Giz's borked Common Control lib, like Critical mentioned.

[Reve2uk]

indeed... i have a 45mb ebook, giz should love that right

[hagisbasheruk]

Sounds like the Giz's borked Common Control lib, like Critical mentioned.

Hopefully Otaku can sort this Common Control lib problem with the SPC hes working on..........he is working on it,isn't he ?

[wischi]

He is working on it and he'll give it to all ppl who donated ... (Don't even think about pirating the SPC - it's locked with the terminal ID )

wischi